Two Albany residents admit to violent 2016 robbery

Kali Johnson, 30 and Karen Williams, 32 admitted on the eve of their trial that on Dec. 26, 2016 they broke in to a home on Grove Avenue, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.

The pair stole approximately $1,000 from a man that Williams knew along with car keys and a cell phone. While robbing the man, the pair beat him. Johnson punched the man in the face multiple times while Williams hit him in the legs with a baseball bat.

Williams will be sentenced next week and faces five years in state prison, followed by five years of parole. Johnson will be sentenced on Jan. 18, 2018 and faces up to seven years in state prison and five years of parole.